AIIMS staffers should not ask security guards to fetch tea, refreshments: Director

Updated: Sep 29 2022 11:54PM

New Delhi, Sep 29 (PTI) Taking a strong stand against senior staffers asking security guards to fetch tea and refreshments during duty hours, new AIIMS Director M Srinivas on Thursday said security personnel should not be used for any purpose other than what they are engaged for.

An office memorandum on September 29 also stated that any security staff found taking refreshments or eating food during duty hours will be removed from the rolls of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).

According to the memorandum, the director during a visit of the Cardiothoracic and Neurosciences Centre saw one of the security staff carrying tea in a tray on the directions of hospital staff.

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